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United States Patent | 6,098,939 |
He | August 8, 2000 |
A bracket includes a generally planar vertical member having an upper end supporting a pair of spacer arms and a spacer plate for positioning the vertical member between wall surfaces. The bracket further includes a junction box support portion having a plurality of spacers each having end portions for further maintaining the position of the bracket within the wall. The lower portion of the bracket includes a pair of support arms having inverted V-shaped clips together with an attachment plate defining an inverted V-channel, each adapted to be received upon the upwardly extending lips of a conventional toe plate stud. A conventional electrical junction box is secured to the bracket using conventional fasteners and a plurality of apertures formed in the bracket. The various spacers and support members of the bracket cooperate to maintain the desired position of the bracket within the wall for supporting the junction box.
Inventors: | He; Ping (1062 Thistlegate Rd., Agoura, CA 91301) |
Appl. No.: | 228480 |
Filed: | January 11, 1999 |
Current U.S. Class: | 248/205.1; 174/58; 220/3.5; 220/3.6; 248/27.1; 248/906 |
Intern'l Class: | A47B 096/06 |
Field of Search: | 248/27.1,200.1,200,205.1,300,906,343 174/49,58,68.3,101 220/3.6,3.9,3.5 59/78.1 |
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4497416 | Feb., 1985 | Smolik | 220/3. |
4576302 | Mar., 1986 | Smolik | 220/3. |
5009383 | Apr., 1991 | Chapman | 248/343. |
5114105 | May., 1992 | Young | 248/27. |
5452873 | Sep., 1995 | Laughlin | 248/205. |
5646371 | Jul., 1997 | Fabian | 174/58. |
5810303 | Sep., 1998 | Bourassa et al. | 248/906. |
5965844 | Oct., 1999 | Lippa | 174/49. |